Hans Kreysing

Hans Kreysing (17 August 1890-14 April 1969) was a General der Gebirgstruppe of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography
Hans Kreysing was born in Gottingen, Lower Saxony, Germany in 1890, and he served in the Imperial German Army in South Tyrol, Serbia, and Greece during World War I. He ended the war as a captain, and he continued to serve in the German military under the Reichswehr. In 1936, he became a Colonel in the Heer of Nazi Germany, and he participated in the invasion of Poland at the start of World War II. In 1940, he was promoted to Major-General and given command of the 3rd Mountain Division, fighting on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union. On 1 November 1943, he was promoted to General der Gebirgstruppe, and he would fight in the Carpathians, Romania, and Hungary as the Soviets pushed into Central Europe. He was given command of the German 8th Army during the Battle of Budapest, and he surrendered to the British in Austria at the war's end in May 1945.